Trinity 13
A prayer for God’s guidance
Almighty Lord and everlasting God,
we ask you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection,
both here and ever,
we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Today
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Parish Communion
11.45pm Christening Service for Scarlett Oliver
4.00pm Church at 4
Diary – Week Commencing 15th September
Monday 16th September
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
9.00am Morning Prayer – Chapel Deanery School
10.00am Bible Study Group – 11 St John Road
7.30pm Mission Matters
Tuesday 17th September
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
7.30pm Pray and Bless Wroughton and Wichelstowe –
Church Hall
Wednesday 18th September
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church Hall
Thursday 19th September
The Church Office will be closed today
8.30am Morning Prayer – Church
12.30pm Ladies who Lunch – The Thai Restaurant, Wood Street, Old Town
6.00pm Wedding Rehearsal
7.30pm Choir Practice – Church
Filling Station – Tony & Tracy
Friday 20th September
8.45am Morning Prayer – Prospect Hospice
12.00pm Burial of Ralph Couldridge
7.00pm Bellringers Practice – Church
Saturday 21st September
10.00am Healing on the Streets – Ellendune Centre
1.00pm Wedding Service for Michael Goodfield & Bryony Pilford
Dates for your diary 2019
Wroughton Sustainability Event – Stalls, information and networking at an event to encourage and promote environmental awareness and sustainability. In the Parish Hall on Saturday 28th September.
Parish Weekend at Home
Please keep the weekend of 12th and 13th October free.
Sunday 22nd September 2019
Trinity
8.00am Holy Communion
Preacher: Martina Lewis
Sidespeople: John & Iris Smith
10.00am Parish Communion
Preacher: Martina Lewis
Intercessions: John Henderson
Reading: Psalm 29
Reader: Carol Gibbon
Gospel: Luke 8. 22-25
Servers: Gillian Pitter and Andrew Kirk
Sidespeople: Sally Parker and June Bradley
4.00pm Church at 4 – Church Hall
Leader: Diane Phillips
6.00pm Evensong (1st Sunday of the Month)
Our Service will be Sunday 6th October
Gluten free wafers
If you require a gluten free wafer for holy communion please let a sidesperson know.
The Deanery CE Secondary School
Please continue to pray for the staff and students of the new Deanery CE Secondary School in Wichelstowe as they settle into the school’s first term ever. Please pray that a supportive and safe culture is quickly established and that firm friendships are made among staff and pupils alike.
As part of our commitment to this new Church of England school in our parish we will be holding a short service of Morning Prayer in the school chapel every Monday at 9am during term time. Everyone is welcome to join us.
Pray and Bless Wroughton and Wichelstowe
After taking a break over the summer, Pray and Bless will be meeting again on 17th September and 7:30 in the Church Hall. Please join us as we seek to serve our community by blessing it with prayer, asking God to prosper and touch the lives of friends and neighbours.
Parish weekend @ home 12th and 13th October – When you pray…
We will be staying at home for our parish weekend this year, using the church hall and church as our venues for getting together. This will keep costs down and hopefully enable as many people to join in as possible. There will be a special programme of sessions and activities on Saturday 12th, with the themes from Saturday carrying on into our regular Sunday services on October 13th.
We will be thinking about some of the things that Jesus said about prayer. Does he contradict himself when he tells people to pray on their own and in secret (Matt 6:6) and then later tells them to agree together in prayer (Matt 18:19)? Canon Roger Morgan will be our guest speaker for the weekend. Roger is the director of the Mathetes Trust, an organisation that promotes Christian discipleship. We hope that you will find the sessions engaging and varied, with plenty of opportunities for us to get to know one another better.
Booking forms are available this week (for catering purposes).
Celebrating all God’s gifts!
Our Harvest Supper will be on Saturday 12th October, 7.00pm in the Church Hall.
As well as celebrating God’s gift of a good harvest, we will also be celebrating one-another by showcasing our talents… So, if you might be able to recite a poem, sing a song, perform a sketch, tell a story (or a joke?) then get your thinking cap on and get rehearsing. This is part of our parish weekend, however we would love you to come and join us in the evening, even if you can’t manage the rest of the day on Saturday. This is a social event, so please think about inviting a fried, whether they come to church or not.
Thank You
I would like to thank everyone who sent me get well messages and cards while I have been unwell. Special thanks to everyone who has done the jobs that I was unable to do on Sundays and at Holiday Club. Barbara Abrey
Bible Study resumes…
…on Monday mornings, 10.00am to 12 noon at 11 St John Road, Wroughton from 9th September. This term we shall be looking at Paul’s letter to the Romans. If you would like to learn more about this book in an informal setting, please come along.
Bible Study
There will be another opportunity to study Paul’s letter to the Romans in a small group meeting at 7.30pm on alternate Tuesdays. We will begin on 24th September at 12 Artis Avenue. Please speak to Carolyn Kirk for further information.
Come and Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria
Wroughton Choral Society are hosting a Come and Sing Vivaldi’s Gloria on Saturday 28th September in Wroughton Parish Church from 11am to 5pm.
Cost is £10 to cover expenses and refreshments but lunch is not provided. For more details or to book email denisebloomer@gmail.com or call 521891.
Wroughton Churches Together
Is anyone able and willing to set up and assist run a Facebook page (or something similar) to help Wroughton Churches Together publicise their events? They don’t occur all that frequently. Please contact me via the Parish Office email, or in Church. many thanks, Ann Rainey.
Wroughton Sustainability Day
On Saturday 28th September we are hosting a Sustainability Day for the village. It will be in the church hall from 11am to 4pm.There’ll be displays and videos on waste reduction and recycling, energy saving and biodiversity, and stalls with local food, alternatives to plastics, fairtrade goods and organic hair and cosmetic products. Come along to find out more ideas for living more lightly in our wonderful world. And there will be refreshments for sale throughout the day.
Church library
I have put two books in church library, they are by Roy Godwin of Ffald-y-Brenin, a Christian retreat in Pembrokeshire. Those who attended the first Bless Wroughton & Wichelstowe prayer meeting will have been given a prayer card with prayers for our community based on Ffald-y-Brenin. The first book, The Grace Outpouring is how Roy and his wife Daphne started the retreat and the follow up book The Way of Blessing shares their stories of how God has truly blessed them and their community and spread throughout the world. They are easy to read and encourages us all how to pray blessings on people and communities. Phill has some prayer cards based on Ffald-y-Brenin if any one wants one. Please borrow the books and be encouraged by them. Carolyn Perry
CHURCH IN THE WIDER WORLD
Phil and Sylvie Good – our CMS mission partners
It was wonderful to be able to welcome Sylvie in church on 28th July during her short break from Beirut in Lebanon and to hear about their work at The Life Center, amongst children and refugees. Please continue to pray for Phil and Sylvie. We have been asked to pray:
- That a new strategic funding partner can be found to support the Life Center’s educational work
- That the mothers attending The Center will learn how to play more effectively with their children
- That many more of the refugees will come to know and love Jesus.
This week please also pray for:-
- Phil and Sylvie Good our Church Mission Society link partners.
- For the family and friends of Scarlett Oliver who is Christened in Church today
- For the family and friends of Michael & Bryony as they get married in Church next Saturday
- Our Bible Study Groups
- All those affected by Hurricane Dorian
- We commend to God’s care and keeping those who have died recently especially Henry Cowley and Ralph Couldridge. We pray for all who mourn the loss of loved
The Parish Office, Priors Hill, Wroughton, SN4 0RT
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am to 1.30pm
01793 812050. office@wroughton.com
Revd Phill Harrison – 01793 812301 vicar@wroughton.com
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